Staff Reports CENTRE A 35-year-old tradition in Cherokee County will come to an end after Monday, March 30 when The Post ceases stand-alone publication and combines with the Cherokee County Herald. The new local paper will be called the Cherokee Post- Herald, and will continue with the same Tuesday newsstand delivery schedule that The Herald has employed for decades. The cost of The Post-Herald will soon be reduced from 75 cents to 50 cents. The new weekly paper will be available every Tuesday beginning April 1, 2020 on newsstands in Cherokee, DeKalb and Calhoun counties. Local subscription delivery will still take place on Wednesday via the U.S. Postal Service; the paper will continue to be dated with Wednesday's date every week. Archived issues of The Post will be available online for the foreseeable future. The Post- Herald website will be updated every Friday, as has been the practice since August 2017. Regular features from The Post that will appear in the
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Special to The Post CENTRE The Cherokee County School System is feeding hundreds of children a day through its Child Nutrition Program after schools across the state shut down as the novel coronavirus spread nationwide. All children 18 or younger can pick up breakfast and lunch at no cost at seven sites across the county, CNP Director Christina Lee said in an interview with The Post. Children do not have to be enrolled in school to get meals, but they must be present to receive a meal. Because at least 50 percent of schoolchildren in the county receive free or discounted meals during the school year, Cherokee County schools can offer the emergency meals to all children, Lee said. Last week, meals could be picked up at Centre Middle School, Cedar Bluff High School, Gaylesville High School, Sand Rock High School, Spring Garden High School and the Cherokee County Career and Technology Center. School personnel and volunteers are delivering some meals to those who do not have transportation. On
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